The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

One sentence made everyone understand: Adun still had the ability to make more modifications to Reputation, but given that Reputation's Naval Base No. 233 and Adun's Naval Base were only allies, not family, this could not be forced.

“In the future, it won’t be…” “Rodney!” Rodney, the younger sister, was about to say something when her older sister covered her mouth to stop her.

"What will happen in the future?" Adun was a little curious about the reactions of these British ship girls. Because the relationship between the naturally naive Tidu and Charlotte the second generation of Tidu was quite special, no matter how fast Adun's processor was, he couldn't make the connection that these British ship girls had already regarded the admiral Tidu of Naval Base No. 666 as the woman their young master was pursuing.

In particular, when Adon felt something was off, she saw that Charlotte was also confused about her ship girl's reaction.

"Ladies, this is not the time to talk about these things. Let's see how to deal with these small fry." The Prince of Wales regretted bringing Rodney along. As fire support, Rodney was indeed very powerful, but her personality was just too... Fortunately, her sister kept her in check.

Otherwise, the mission secretly arranged by the admiral (the young master's father) to test whether the female admiral of Naval Base No. 666 was suitable to be the young mistress would have been exposed ahead of time.

At the Prince of Wales's prompting, everyone realized that several deep-sea patrol fleets, led by heavy cruisers, had appeared and were now patrolling the nearby waters.

"When did they appear?" Nelson Rodney asked curiously, summoning his ship equipment once more. "Was it an ambush from the deep sea?"

"Rather than an ambush... it's more like..." the Prince of Wales said with a strange expression, "the encounter with those deep-sea creatures seems to have been accidental."

Because he had activated his Glory Mode, the Prince could see that the elite deep-sea ship girls with self-awareness also had bewildered expressions on their faces, as if their arrival was not part of their daily plans.

"Ah, that..." After hearing the message from the escort carrier Wo-chan, Adun carefully chose her words and explained to the foreign ship girls:

"These deep-sea ship girls are having an offline gathering..."

"..."

"..." Why would these deep-sea creatures hold an online gathering within the territory of the human ship girl faction? Are they looking for a thrill?

Chapter 62: Open the door, they're delivering bottled water!

Aydon's guess was correct in one respect: these deep-sea ship girls were indeed looking for thrills and went to such a place as close to Naval Base No. 666.

After all, due to a series of unreasonable orders from their Abyssal Princess, Naval Base No. 666 has become one of the legends of the Abyssal Fleet. As for the relationship between their Princess and the Admiral of Naval Base No. 666, these Abyssal ship girls have an imagination that is almost as vivid as that of Adamon.

In particular, in order to guard against the possibility of another Abyssal Princess, the Abyssal Princesses of these Abyssal Ship Girls also dispatched those who were originally just reserve troops.

This gave them a great opportunity to have a fun and exciting offline gathering with their online friends.

It's rare for deep-sea ship girls who work on the front lines to meet those who work in the rear. Wo-chan, who used to look for Xiao Bei whenever she had free time, also broke into the White Tiger... well, I mean, the aluminum warehouse because of her rank as a senior colonel.

Knowing they were looking for thrills, these deep-sea ship girls, each with a full sense of self, consciously brought out their personal guards.

Unfortunately, these deep-sea ship girls did not expect such a big shock. When the Prince of Wales's glorious ship equipment appeared before their eyes, all of their ships were stunned!

If I had known that sneaking out to play would lead to encountering hero-level ship girls, who would have bothered to sneak out just because they were bored?!

Almost instantly, all the Abyssal Ship Girls, whether they had self-awareness or not, turned their gaze toward the organizer of this event.

The organizer of this event, the deep-sea heavy cruiser who originally planned to take his girlfriends to broaden their horizons and borrow some money to buy bags, also looked at the Prince of Wales with a tearful expression as he stopped in place and moved his gun turrets after sailing to a certain range.

"What are you all standing there for! Summon your ship equipment! You want to be blasted into wreckage? I don't want that!!!" The heavy cruiser shouted loudly as it snapped the Patch steel bar in its mouth.

After a flurry of activity and chaotic preparations, the group of deep-sea ship girls who had come out to meet their online friends managed to form a semi-submarine team under the leadership of the event organizer. If it weren't for the Prince of Wales and his entourage being confused by Adun's hesitant explanations, this time would have been enough for these three British ship girls to wash the sea several times with their 16-inch guns.

Seeing that his hesitation had delayed the battle, the Prince of Wales had no time to care about the instigator, Adun, nor did he have time to complain about how dilapidated the defenses of the surrounding waters of Naval Base No. 666 were.

Instead, he earnestly inquired about what to do with Charlotte, the second-generation admiral who was in charge of this trip.

Should we fight? Or fight fiercely? Or annihilate them all without leaving a trace? The last option is a bit difficult. The deep-sea ship girls aren't stupid. Even if they don't have self-awareness, they still have the instinct to seek advantage and avoid harm.

With only three ship girls currently in combat (the modified Renown is not included in the count for now), and Nelson and Rodney are low-speed ships, defeating these deep-sea ship girls might not be a problem, but if they want to escape, it will be difficult to leave them all behind.

"This area should be within the scope of the armistice agreement, right?" Charlotte asked Prince Wells, who had only suggested firing artillery, after pondering for several seconds.

"Ceasefire?" The Prince of Wales was taken aback when his young master said that. He glanced at the Prestige beside his young master with his one eye and saw the head maid nod in acknowledgment of what his young master had said. The prince of the British Navy felt the urge to crush the whiskey glass in his hand again.

No matter how much I planned, I never expected that the young master would become a pacifist. What happened to the young master who used to clamor for great achievements all day long when he was a child?

Having been indoctrinated with aristocratic education since childhood, the Prince of Wales seemed unable to comprehend how unrealistic his son's grand ambitions of becoming a scientist or a successor were.

“Young Master, but…” The rigid thinking brought about by the rusty steel plate heads of the British ship girls made the Prince of Wales hesitate.

"They're just some low-level deep-sea creatures, why should young master be afraid of them?" Rodney analyzed the comparison of enemy and friendly forces, adjusted his ship rigging, and said confidently.

Even if some of these deep-sea ship girls are elite deep-seas with perfect self-awareness, Rodney, who is one of the main ship girls under the "battleship maniac" admiral and serves as the 233rd naval base as a low-speed battleship, naturally has the right to despise those deep-seas.

"Rodney, I'll do whatever the young master says." It's just a pity that Rodney's personality is a bit impulsive, so he has to stay by his steady older sister's side at all times.

“Young Master, His Highness the Prince’s suggestion has its own considerations.” Knowing what the Prince of Wales was hesitating about, the head maid, Renown, directly said what the Prince wanted to say but did not want the young master to know: “There is a Deep Sea Princess in the waters nearby.”

"Huh? The Deep Sea Princess? There really is a Deep Sea Princess??" Charlotte exclaimed, clearly startled. She had thought that what Sister Tidu said about the Deep Sea Princess being in the waters near the new naval base was just an exaggeration, but... she didn't expect it to be true.

(I haven't become a formal admiral yet; I still want to become the Supreme Admiral of the Pacific.) Upon hearing this astonishing news, Charlotte finally picked up her life's ideals that she had long since forgotten.

"Don't worry too much. Even if Princess Yuuki appears, we can protect your safety. Moreover, the naval base's support is already on its way," Renown reassured his young master.

"Sacrifice yourself to protect me?" Charlotte, who clearly understood the difference in combat power between elite-class, general-class, and even hero-class ship girls and a deep-sea princess, heard the decisiveness in Renown's words.

“If it really comes to that point…” Unable to swallow his words, the Prince of Wales shook his glass and said frankly, “The warriors of Great Britain never fear any challenge.”

“Every Englishman will do his duty.” Nelson’s words followed the Prince of Wales’s, and for a moment an aura of fearlessness filled the deck of the black-clad warship.

"Oh, you mean that Princess Sukiyaki nearby?" Adon, who didn't sense anything from the aura, said, "She won't do anything to us, at least not now."

This statement, which was almost like having a note saying "I am a spy" pasted on their faces, drew sidelong glances from the ship girls of Naval Base No. 233.

Noticing the strange looks they were getting, and thinking they didn't believe him, Adun continued, "I can guarantee that."

"What guarantee do you have? This is no joke!" The Prince of Wales felt his thoughts were once again going awry.

"Hmm, how should I explain this?" Should I really tell them that this Deep Sea Princess has an ambiguous relationship with my admiral? A possible master-disciple relationship? Mother and daughter? Sisters? Or some other messy relationship?

Regardless of whether these fantastical tales would be believed by these ship girls with rusty steel heads, Adun was merely speculating about these situations. So Adun used another method to explain them to these ship girls.

Seeing the scene where the deep-sea ship girls changed course and headed towards the dark area of ​​the deep sea after Wo-chan and Xiao Bei's conversation, the ship girls from Naval Base No. 233 had the illusion that they heard Wo-chan waving her hand and saying "Disperse, disperse, disperse."

Yes, it really is an illusion, because wo-chan doesn't say "disperse," she only says "wo."

Chapter 63: Too Much Water, I Feel Guilty

Because of their merit in repelling the enemy—well, probably because of their merit in repelling the enemy—at Charlotte's strong request, or rather, out of curiosity, Wo-chan and Xiao Bei, who had dispersed the offline gatherings of the Abyssal Ship Girls, were invited to the Prince of Wales's Glory Ship Armor.

To avoid misunderstandings, Nelson and Rodney reluctantly put away their ship equipment only after Charlotte's repeated requests and assurances of prestige.

For veteran ship girls like Nelson and Rodney, suppressing their urge to attack the deep sea and preventing their ship equipment from deploying out of control is a skill they are adept at.

As for Wo-chan, her ship equipment consists of the jellyfish hat on her head and the cane in her hand. She has never been seen putting them away, so how can there be any talk of her being unable to control herself?

The only one who couldn't handle this innate hostile instinct was the deep-sea heavy cruiser Xiao Bei, whose combat power and experience were relatively weak compared to these ship girls.

Under Wo-chan's persuasion, she did try to restrain her impulse, but unfortunately, the ship equipment was still not very obedient. It was already Xiao Bei's best effort to suppress herself from firing at these ship girls, and it was almost impossible to take it back.

"Wowo" (actually, there is a way) saw that her good friend was feeling a little disappointed because she couldn't do certain things and was outdone by those human ship girls, so Wo-chan spoke up.

"What method?" For Xiao Bei, for a deep-sea ship girl, being defeated by those human ship girls in any aspect was a very shameful thing. It was one thing that the caliber of the main guns was not as good as theirs, and the firepower was not as good as theirs, after all, they were either battlecruisers or battleships, while she was just a heavy cruiser.

However, Xiao Bei, who is always proud and arrogant, was not happy to be defeated in the area of ​​willpower, which is not judged by external factors but by internal ones.

The deep-sea ship girls that can stand out from countless deep-sea ship girls and possess complete self-awareness are all people who have a very high opinion of themselves.

"Wo" stood behind Adun, far away from the group of ship girls from Naval Base No. 233, and expressed her opinion.

"What? Absolutely impossible! I will never lose to any ship girl." Xiao Bei, who is also fluent in Wo-chan's language, immediately rejected Wo-chan's suggestion. Because she was so excited about rejecting it, the cannon on her ship almost misfired.

"What happened?" Although it wasn't the first time Charlotte had been this close to a deep-sea ship girl, it was definitely the first time she had ever hosted one, so Xiao Bei's strange reaction made him very curious.

"Wo-chan told her that as long as she becomes my ship girl, she can reduce her hostile impulses towards you." Adon didn't seem to have much of a problem with Wo-chan's presumptuous decision.

What Adun is most interested in right now, whether he's a real or fake admiral, is whether he can use the construction tool, and if so, what kind of ship will be the first one he summons for testing blood.

As for Wo-chan's recruitment efforts and the resulting increase in the strength of the Abyssal Ship Girls in Naval Base 666, Adon expressed no pressure whatsoever.

Lions never care how many herbivores there are, and elephants don't care whether there's one ant or a whole colony under their feet.

Any problems that arose, Ayton felt he could handle them completely, having already forgotten that not long ago, he had been shot in the head by Reputation because of his carelessness.

"Huh?... Oh right, I forgot you're an admiral too, Adun." Because Adun was the leader of the blood-testing ship girls, Charlotte always subconsciously forgot that this ship girl, who might or might not be a fantasy ship girl, was also a glorious admiral—just like him, an apprentice.

"You've made a pact with the deep sea, won't you be contaminated by its aura?" The Prince of Wales asked, frowning, having figured out the sequence of events.

In her memory, there were indeed admirals who had tried to form a contract with the Abyss, but unfortunately, most of them ended up being corrupted by the Abyss aura, just like the Fallen Ship Girls.

Moreover, without the power of ship girls, these admirals ultimately become a kind of deep-sea monster that has lost its self, and the kind of weak monster that can wipe out a whole group with a single shot.

Even if a small number of admirals successfully establish a contract with the Deep Sea, it's not a very good outcome...

"Pollution? You mean this?" Upon hearing the Prince of Wales' question, Adon patted Wo-chan's shoulder. Just as Wo-chan felt something being drawn from his body and made a "wo" sound, Adon held a small wisp of pure black aura, like a burning flame, on his index finger.

“Wowo” (Ouch, Admiral, you have to pay me back!) The stripping of the deep-sea aura seems to cause some damage to the deep-sea ship girls. Wo-chan said with a pitiful look on her face.

Fortunately, Adun knew how to deal with his initial ship and calmly said, "Extra dinner tonight, enough aluminum pipes."

Anyway, having just extorted some money, Adun is still quite wealthy.

As expected, upon hearing what Admiral Admiral said, Wo-chan's headache, backache, and leg cramps disappeared. She then pulled Xiao Bei aside and began to talk about how wonderful it was to be Admiral Admiral Admiral and how happy it was to be Admiral Admiral Admiral.

Wo-chan was completely unaware that because of her words, Xiao Bei's face showed a sorrowful expression: "I was the first, I was the first to know Wo-chan, I was Wo-chan's first friend, why is this happening?"

"Young Master, be careful!" The moment he saw Adun conjure that wisp of black flame, the Prince of Wales stepped forward to shield Charlotte behind him, while simultaneously turning his gaze to the deep-sea carrier Wo-chan, from whom Adun had extracted a trace of deep-sea energy, and asked Adun in a very serious tone:

"Being able to condense a tangible aura of the deep sea, your ship girl must be... a very powerful deep-sea ship girl, right?"

The Prince of Wales didn't dare say that Wo-chan was not much better than Suki, because that description was just too horrifying.

"You sound quite familiar with these things..." Having only been in this world for a few days, Aydon was not very clear about the things that the local residents had discovered and categorized, apart from the few memories given to her by the world system that she had to search for herself.

"But what you said isn't wrong. When I was still in the deep sea, my rank was Senior Colonel."

"A deep-sea colonel?" The Prince of Wales looked incredulous.

"A door god?" "Wow!" The Nelson and Rodney sisters' reactions were very much in line with their image.

"Wow, it really is the Deep Sea Fleet's Senior Colonel, the gatekeeper who can unleash a whole family of weapons in one move?" Charlotte's reaction was completely unlike that of an admiral who was determined to serve the human camp.

"Family bucket..." Adun, fiddling with the black flame on her finger, turned to her initial ship girl and asked, "Were you that strong before?"

"Hmph, weak... lowly ship girl, you can never imagine how powerful Wo-chan is." Xiao Bei didn't say the word "weak" because she realized that among all the ship girls present, regardless of their faction, her combat power was the lowest.

"Wo?" Wo-chan asked with a blank expression, not knowing why the topic had turned back to herself.

It instantly shattered the preconceived notions of those ship girls and that second-generation leader about the Deep Sea Gatekeeper.

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I'm shocked! I've updated so many chapters and created so many plot holes these past few days, and my draft stockpile has dropped to 15, and they're saying I'm padding the story?!